An internationally recognized authority on disease prevention, smoking, and substance abuse, John M. Pinney has been active in the health field for over 30 years. He has a broad base of experience as a government and voluntary agency executive, and as a consultant to private industry. During his career, John has developed extensive technical and scientific knowledge of health issues and a deep understanding of management principles, communication, and problem solving.

As an independent consultant and as founder of Pinney Associates (formerly Corporate Health Policies Group), John has worked with companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations of all sizes as consultant, technical expert, trainer, and facilitator. Areas of concentration include disease prevention and health promotion, pharmaceutical research and development, marketing and market research, public policy and regulation, and substance abuse.

John began his public health career in 1971 in the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1973, he joined the National Council on Alcoholism and served as the managing director of the Council's Washington Office and as administrator for a national project to establish employee alcoholism programs in Fortune 500 companies. John returned to the federal government in 1978, as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and Director of the Office on Smoking and Health. He co-founded and served as Executive Director of Harvard University's Institute for the Study of Smoking Behavior and Policy from 1984 to 1990.

As president of Pinney Associates, John has devoted over 15 years to working with senior corporate managers in a wide range of areas including public policy, risk management, product development, and the implementation of solutions for complex business issues.